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OpenStudy (mazmaz):

Pleas help me with pre calc:

OpenStudy (mazmaz):

attached

OpenStudy (anonymous):

they are asking you where the graph crosses the x axis, although you don't need the graph to know where sine is zero

OpenStudy (anonymous):

on the other hand, you can see it from the graph it crosses the x axis infinitely often, since since is periodic can you tell from the graph?

OpenStudy (mazmaz):

yes it is infinite

OpenStudy (danjs):

y = sin(theta) = 0

OpenStudy (mazmaz):

so how would I tell them what I know the anwer choices dont make scence

OpenStudy (mazmaz):

what would be the answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok lets list some places where it crosses the x axis and then see if we can make sense out of the answers ' they are not written in the best form

OpenStudy (anonymous):

first off, is it clear that the graph crosses the x axis at \(x=0\)?

OpenStudy (mazmaz):

-2pi 2pi 0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes, but some other places too

OpenStudy (mazmaz):

yes clear at 2pi and -2pi and some others

OpenStudy (anonymous):

for example, do you see that it crosses the x axis half way between 0 and \(2\pi\)?

OpenStudy (mazmaz):

yeah at 1pi

OpenStudy (mazmaz):

-1pi too

OpenStudy (anonymous):

right, and also at \(-\pi\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok good, so lets list them \[...-2\pi,-\pi,0,\pi,2\pi,...\]

OpenStudy (mazmaz):

so the answer is the first one pik

OpenStudy (mazmaz):

??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah, what they mean by that is that it is zero at \(k\pi\) where \(k\) is any INTEGER for example if \(k=1\) you get \(\pi\) and if \(k=5\) you get \(5\pi\) tect

OpenStudy (anonymous):

*etc

OpenStudy (anonymous):

they were too lazy to write what they meant, you were supposed to read their minds

OpenStudy (anonymous):

in enlish we might say "any integer multiple of \(\pi\)"

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